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GULTIVATOR SHIELD. No. 359,801. Pafoenlaed Mar. 22, 1887.

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NILLIAM M. MCGAUGH, OF CONVERSE, MISSOURI.

CULTlVATOR-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,801, dated March22, 1887.

Application filed January 2-1, 1857. Serial No. 225,303. (No model.)

To (all "1071 0772 it may concern:

Be it known that LWIL'LIAM M. MOGAUGII, of Converse, in the county ofClinton and State of Missouri, have invented a new and ImprovedCultivator-Shield, of which the following is a fu1l,'clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to a novel form of shield that is designed foruse in connection with most any cultivator of ordinary construction, theobject of the invention being topre vent the covering of young plants,but at the same time to allow a certain amount of fine earth to fallover them; and a further object of the invention is to provide for aproper disposition of the clods or turf, which objects I accomplish bymeans of the novel construc tion illustrated in the drawings, and to behereinafter explained, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side View of my improved form of cultivator-shield, theshield being represented as it appears when arranged for use inconnection with the cultivator, the beam, standard, and one of thecultivator-shovels be ing shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the shield, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line a: xof Fig. 2.

In constructing such a shield as the one illustrated in the drawingsabove referred to I provide a main frame, which consists of two flatsidebars, 10, which bars are bent upward and inward at their forward ends,the extreme forward and upper ends of the bars being bent to extendupward in substantially parallel vertical lines, forming lugs or cars 2,between which the tongue of the shield is held by means of a bolt,

Two or more arched bars, 11, are rigidly connected at their lower endsto the bars 10, and these arches and the forward ends of the bars serveas supports for a number of horizontal parallel bars, 13, the rear endsof which bars flare outward, a central upper bar, 14, with an upturnedrear end being secured to the arches 11 and to a forward cross-piece,15,

that is held by the two upper bars 13, which are in close proximity. Aneye, 6, passes through the bar 14 to engage with the rear arch, 11, andtothis eye there is secured a chain, 7, the purpose of which will bepresently explained.

The tongue 16, which, as before stated, is held between the lugs or cars2 by the bolt 3, carries at its forward end a bolt, 17 the lower end ofwhich is bifurcated in order that the forward end of the tongue maybefitted within said lower end, a bolt, 9, being passed through aperturesformed in the bifurcated end of the bolt 17 and through an apertureformed in the tongue, the bolt 17 being arranged so that it may bebrought into engagement with the beam of the cultivator, as indicated inthe drawings.

\Vith such a shield as has been described it will be seen that whenarranged as indicated in Fig. 1 the earth thrown up by the shovels ofthe cultivator will strike against the parallel longitudinal strips ofthe shield and smaller particles of earth will fall between the saidparallel longi tudi nal strips; but all clods of tu rf and dbris of anykind will be prevented from falling upon the young plants, such debrisand clods being thrown away from the plants, ow ing to the outward flareor curve imparted to the rear ends of the longitudinal strips.

XVhen the cultivator is to be turned around, the rear end is drawn up bymeans of the chain 7, which chain is brought into engagement with aproperly-arranged hook that is carried by the cultivator-frame.

This shield is particularly applicable for use in the cultivation oflisted corn, but may also be used for corn that is otherwise planted, orfor any other kind of young plants when such plants are planted in rowsor hills. By reason of the peculiar connection between the cultivatorand the shield it will be seen that the overturning of the shield willbe almost impossible.

Having thus fully described my invent-ion, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. Acultivatoi shield consisting, essentially,of a main supporting-frame and a series oflonare turned upward andinward, and provided with ears 2, of a tongue, 16, held between theears, arches 11, connected to the side bars, 10, longitudinal bars 13,formed with ontturned [5 ends, and a central bar, 14, formed with anupturned rear end, substantially as described.

W'ILLIAM M. MGGAUGH.

\Vitnesses R. S. BRAZELTON, J. H. BEERY.

